This is the first book I’ve read in Andrea Camilleri’s series about the laconic and short-fused Inspector Montalbano, and I believe it’s somewhere in the middle of the long-running series. Inspector Montalbano is a man who is afraid of commitment and loves fine dining–which in Sicily means that there is very fine dining indeed, if you happen to like pasta and seafood. He has a tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend, and a relationship of mutual irritation with his colleagues and superiors–and there is something of […]
Family secrets and mid-life crisis
This book, by the author of Sarah’s Key, also takes place in Paris and also has two time lines—the present and the past—but that’s where the similiarities between the two books end. A Secret Kept is the story of a shattered French family, told from the standpoint of the adult son Antoine, who is going through a mid-life crisis, looking back at his past and trying to make sense of it. He is an apparently successful architect who has lost his creative thirst; he has […]
“It’ll all end in tears and oil.”
I was granted an ARC of this book via NetGalley in return for a fair and honest review. This book is currently available at your local bookseller. I am a noted enjoyer of books that Gail Carriger writes. I read all of her Parasol Protectorate books for CBR IV way back in 2012. While I felt the series eventually ran out of steam and books four and five should’ve been one book with extraneous story removed, it was a respectable series and a nice entry […]
An Enthralling Superhero Tale
I am a huge fan of Nick Harkaway – all of his novels have a flow and a magic to them that’s difficult to quantify, but once you start you can’t put it down. One is never quite sure where it’s all going, but it’s such a good read, you figure it will all sort itself out at the end. Prior to starting Tigerman I was reading another book – which I will review in another post – but suffice it to say that […]
The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
I picked up Armistead Maupin’s The Night Listener at a book sale because the title seemed vaguely familiar. After reading the back, I remembered seeing trailers for a movie with the same name starring Robin Williams in the title role. When I started reading it, I thought maybe I was mistaken–the trailers I remembered seemed to be advertising a dark, creepy thriller. The book starts out nothing like that, but it gets there! NPR star Gabriel Noone has recently gone through a rough breakup with his much […]
Baldacci gets it right with The Whole Truth
After the last few years’ relative duds by Baldacci, I picked up The Whole Truth at a yard sale and reminded myself that my once favorite author definitely has what it takes, but needs to get over his own popularity and his publisher’s pressures to churn out the moneymakers, and go back to writing good books. This 2008 novel about a neo-Cold War cooked up by a psychotic arms dealer and a “perception management” firm had shivers running down my spine. I won’t say this […]
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